Fat Bastard
Brew Cvlt Doom
- Joined
- 11/8/11
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Just cracked the first keg of the second batch of OG saison. Tastes perfect.and not at all watery. I've got a batch of 9.65% Imperial IPA crashing in the fridge at the mo' which will be the first attempt at an AAA double batch. It will be interesting to see how the hops respond to this method. I'm pretty impressed so far, and I'm slowly getting the process dialled in. I think there is more work to be done on the water correction for the dilution water, so I have got a hold of some 88% lactic acid to drop the pH slightly and will continue with the mineral additions as previously described. I'm going to abandon trying to carb in the keg, it's a pain, and I don't really think there's much oxygen left to scavenge after the boil. The second saison did not carb up naturally at all, even after being parked next to the heater for a month, so i can only assume that either the high alcohol of the OG ferment killed it off, or there wasn't enough oxygen for it to kick up again. Probably a bit of both.
I'm not sure the beers will win any awards, but for the first time since I bought my kegerator, I've had more full kegs than will fit into it, and I've had to buy another two to increase my capacity. It's also more than drinkable, and not nasty homebrew by any stretch of the imagination
I'm not sure the beers will win any awards, but for the first time since I bought my kegerator, I've had more full kegs than will fit into it, and I've had to buy another two to increase my capacity. It's also more than drinkable, and not nasty homebrew by any stretch of the imagination